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... seemed to him to be an empty phrase . He wrote to M. Dupont in October 1789 : ' You have theories enough concerning the rights of men ; -it may not be amiss to add a small degree of attention to their nature and disposition . It is with ...
... seemed to him to be an empty phrase . He wrote to M. Dupont in October 1789 : ' You have theories enough concerning the rights of men ; -it may not be amiss to add a small degree of attention to their nature and disposition . It is with ...
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... seemed to accord with a deeply romantic theme which was so important in his thought . This was the idea of tradition and continuity in human affairs . Men were not , as in the Lockeian tradition , primarily independent and autonomous ...
... seemed to accord with a deeply romantic theme which was so important in his thought . This was the idea of tradition and continuity in human affairs . Men were not , as in the Lockeian tradition , primarily independent and autonomous ...
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... seemed no alternative principle upon which to rely . The Portuguese and Spanish revolts of 1808 provided another answer ; they enabled Britain to use French revolutionary tactics against the French themselves . Just as the French in ...
... seemed no alternative principle upon which to rely . The Portuguese and Spanish revolts of 1808 provided another answer ; they enabled Britain to use French revolutionary tactics against the French themselves . Just as the French in ...
Contents
Contents Acknowledgements 6 | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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